erección

/eɾeɡˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

erection

🏗️ erección = erigir (to raise up) + -ción; the act of setting something upright

Comes from Latin erectio, from erigere, meaning to raise up. The same root gives English erect and Spanish erigir. In Spanish it covers raising a building or monument, and also the physiological sense.

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